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September 10th 06, 02:54 PM
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help with starting my windows 98
i was deleting files from my compaq 98 computer. I must of deleted a win
program. My computer now says it cant reboot because win.com is missing. all i have is a black screen with a command. -- bss 
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September 10th 06, 07:29 PM
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help with starting my windows 98
"bss" wrote in message
... i was deleting files from my compaq 98 computer. I must of deleted a win program. My computer now says it cant reboot because win.com is missing. all i have is a black screen with a command. If this error message is true, your fastest recovery would be to get a DOS UNDELETE program on a floppy, then boot the PC from your startup floppy and put in your UNDELETE floppy, then C: cd recycled A:UNDELETE and follow the prompts. The UNDEL app ought to show you filenames including ?IN.COM or else eIN.COM. The UNDEL process writes the character of your choice (W) in the first place i.e. changes it back to WIN.COM. (This is the way the File Allocation Table works. Deleting a file merely changes the first letter of its name to a special byte that signals free space.) Then remove floppy and see if the PC will boot as normal. If you deleted any other Windows system file, recovering WIN.COM alone will not cure you. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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September 10th 06, 07:29 PM
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help with starting my windows 98
"bss" wrote in message
... i was deleting files from my compaq 98 computer. I must of deleted a win program. My computer now says it cant reboot because win.com is missing. all i have is a black screen with a command. If this error message is true, your fastest recovery would be to get a DOS UNDELETE program on a floppy, then boot the PC from your startup floppy and put in your UNDELETE floppy, then C: cd recycled A:UNDELETE and follow the prompts. The UNDEL app ought to show you filenames including ?IN.COM or else eIN.COM. The UNDEL process writes the character of your choice (W) in the first place i.e. changes it back to WIN.COM. (This is the way the File Allocation Table works. Deleting a file merely changes the first letter of its name to a special byte that signals free space.) Then remove floppy and see if the PC will boot as normal. If you deleted any other Windows system file, recovering WIN.COM alone will not cure you. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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September 11th 06, 03:10 AM
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help with starting my windows 98
Creating a New Win.com File When You Cannot Start Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=136630 How To Extract Original Compressed Windows Files: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;129605 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "bss" wrote in message ... i was deleting files from my compaq 98 computer. I must of deleted a win program. My computer now says it cant reboot because win.com is missing. all i have is a black screen with a command. -- bss
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September 11th 06, 03:10 AM
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help with starting my windows 98
Creating a New Win.com File When You Cannot Start Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=136630 How To Extract Original Compressed Windows Files: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;129605 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "bss" wrote in message ... i was deleting files from my compaq 98 computer. I must of deleted a win program. My computer now says it cant reboot because win.com is missing. all i have is a black screen with a command. -- bss
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